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C. A. WITTER VEH ICLE WHEEL Filed Feb. 16. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 UNLTESTATES entrent @einen CLAUDE A. WEITER, 0F PHILADLPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,ASSGNOR TO HALL WHEEL CORPORATION, OF PHILADELPHA, PENNSYLVANX.

*VEHICLE WHEEL.

Application ied February 16, 1923. Serial l\To.` 619,397.

T 0 @ZZ/whom it may 00710671@ I l Be it known that .L-Cmnnn A. vWrr'rnn,a citizen ot' the United States. residing; at Philadelphia, in thecounty of Philadelphia and State ot Pennsylvania. have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Vehicle l/Vheels, of which theJfollowinga specification,

My invention relates more especially` to disk wheels o the `general typeused on motor vehicles, and the object oi' my in ven tion is to providea simple and durable wheel of'comparatively iight construction whichwill be sufficiently rigid and -yet resilient and which will abs( rhshort vibrations and be noiseless when in use.

This object, and other advantageous ends which will he describedhereinafter. l attain in the following` manner, reference beinehad tothe accmnpanying drawings in which- Figure. l is apartial cross .sectionot an automobile wheel embodyingh my invention.

Figure a side elevation ol a wheel 'embodying the invention,

Figure 3 a segmental view in full lines.

Figure 4 a segmental view on line 4,4 of Figure l, and

Figure 5 alike view on line 5--5 of Fig- -ure 1.

In the d awings the numeral l designates the rim cfa wheel and 2 ametallic disk eri-- tending from the hub and carrying?. at itsperiphery, an annular horizontal Harige 3 spaced from the interior otthe rim. A band l of non-metallic resilient material embraces the fiangeand is itself embraced by a metallic band 5 disposed within the rim. Theresilient band extends beyond the flange and its extended side embracesa metallic band 6. The resilient band is secured to Flange 3 by rivets Ttaking through the fiance. the resilient band and metallic band 5.secured to the rim by rivets 8 taking through metallic band G, theresilient band andthe rim.

,I prefer to use a resilient band consisting of laminated and rubberizeditabric vulcanized in band shape but the band may bc of any materialwhich combines the needed resiliency with the needed resisting capacity.

It Will be noted that one side of the res'ilient band is secured to thedisk fiange and and is y the opposite side is secured to the rim andthatl the band is the only connecting link between the disk and rim. Thedisk is therefore tree to flex in the line of its length. This permitsa. yielding movement oi" the rim, relatively to the disk, in addition tothe yielding due to compression ot the band.

Vif'hile l have described my invention as taking a particular torni. itwill be understood that the various parts of my invention may be changedwithout departing;- trom the vspirit thereof, and hence I de -not limitnl vsel'l' to the precise construction set forth. but consider that l amat liberty to make such changes andralterations asiairly come within thescope ot the appended claims.

Having' thus` described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto'secure by Letters .latent is 1- l. it wheel including a hub; a rim; adisk,

extending' trom the hub, having a horizontal annular flangespaced tromthe rim, and a resilient band embracing' the flange and secured at oneside to the flange and at the other side to the rim. i

2. lwheel including a hub; .a rim; a disk, extendingfrom the hub, havinga horizontal annular flange spaced from the rim. and a resilient bandembracing the Flange; extending to one side thereof and secured at oneside to the flange and at the other side to the rim.

3. A wheel including a hub; a rim; a disk, extending' from the hub.having a horizontal annular liange spaced from the rim; a resilient bandembracing` the flange and eX- tending to one side thereof; a metallicband embracing one side of the resilientV band, and a metallic bandembraced by the side ot the resilient band opposite the ang'e. theresilient band being secured at one side to the flange and ,to theexterior band and at the opposite side to the interior hand and the rim.i

name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLAUDE A. VITTER. Witnesses Jos. B. Ka'rz, CHAS. E. Porre.

In testimony whereof I have signed my

